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John Radcliffe Hospital

Overall: Requires improvement read more about inspection ratings

Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9DU 0300 304 7777

Provided and run by:
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Assessment report published 9 September 2026

Ratings

  • Overall

    Requires improvement

  • Safe

    Requires improvement

  • Effective

    Good

  • Caring

    Good

  • Responsive

    Requires improvement

  • Well-led

    Requires improvement

Our view of the service

Date of assessment: 19 and 20 January 2026. John Radcliffe Hospital provides a range of NHS hospital services. This assessment looked at neonatal services due to the high profile of the trust within the media; we wanted to understand patient pathways from maternity services through to neonatal care. CQC inspected maternity services in the autumn of 2025. We rated neonatal services as good. The rating of neonatal services has been combined with the ratings of the other services from the last inspections. See our previous reports to get a full picture of all the other services at John Radcliffe Hospital. The rating of John Radcliffe Hospital remains requires improvement.

At this assessment we identified breaches of regulations in relation to the environment of the high dependency unit and governance oversight of the record system.